Long-term exposure to organochlorine pesticides and thyroid status in adults in a heavily contaminated area in Brazil

Environmental Research

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-15

  Freire, Carmen ^a,b   Koifman, Rosalina Jorge ^a   Sarcinelli, Paula Novaes ^a   Simões Rosa, Ana Cristina ^a   Clapauch, Ruth ^c   Koifman, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adults; Anti thyroid antibodies; Organochlorine pesticides; Thyroid hormones; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; ENZYME ANTIBODY; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; LIOTHYRONINE; METHOXYCHLOR; MIREX; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; DDT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HCH; HEALTH MONITORING; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HORMONE; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULTS; ANTI-THYROID ANTIBODIES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; THYROID HORMONES; THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DDT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LINDANE; MALE; METHOXYCHLOR; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84888320391     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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